Buggy-top



L. H; GANo.

Carriage-Top.

No 3 A 32,558, Patented June' 18, 1861.

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\ unirsi)srkrnsmrnnrorrion L. H.GAN0, or Biron, wisconsin.

Meneer-roi.

specification df Letters Patent No.` 32558, dated Juri 1s, `1861` To allwhom fitmdy concern: t

`Be it known that I, LNH: GANO,` of Ripon, inthecounty of Fond du Lac and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Tops; `and `dohereby declarei` that the `following is a full, clear,` andwexact description of the same,refer`ence being had to the accompanylnarkedthereorny` y y y i The .nature of *my ,invention consists y in constructing and arranging y the i several ingl drawings and tothe" letters of reference i parte ofi-this ltop the lnanner hereinafter In thelannexed drawings making part of this specification," i represents` the `body i of thebuggy and Aftheftop."` i

E represents the front rib or t bow of the top, which is in theusualwforrnibut `which is provided at eachendwithfa wheel or disk through and byymeans of which; it is secured to the body` "A `:bolt passes? throughfthe. center of this wheel andusecurest top to the body ofthehuggyq` y i `0L represents a"1everwhich1is situatedin the bottom of the body .and :which passes `back under the "seat asfshowinFig. `2.`

e represents ai disk which is secured in the back of Tthe bodyQand which turnsupon a` center pin or bolt which securesit.` y The lever a is connected tothis disk loy'nfieans` of afrod d.`

disk "epnear its periphery-the outeriendsof B B representftwo rods secured to the; t

`and into `optfining in the wheels,' on the ends of the bow, as seen ato! Figs. `1 and 2.`

D` represents a spring attached toVthe these rodspass through the sidesof the body lf disk e, which draws it in an oppositedirec-` tion after itlhas lever CZ. t t y i It will be perceived" that when the xfoot is applied to the lever a, the disk e is nioved *byxthe rodf d," and revolving partially it y draws, the rods B'B ffrom the openings in `the wheels upon the lendsfof` the bow, `and l been operated uponby the i iol` thusleaves the topffree lto` be put"down.` y When the top is raised the springD `operates upon the diske, so as3to throw the rods into i the top. This `arrangeinent is very `simple l `1 the openings in the wheelsand thusstation and etlective` and i may `beyoperated "by the foot ofthe driver or? by his hand whilesiti ting upon'` the seat ofthe buggy. t 1 t Having thus fully described yinvention,

LetterspPatentLis-i l Y t y y Theemployrnent of theflever ctgyrodd, diske,`sprin`g D, and rods B5B, together what I clainias new and"`desire to secure by "with the `wheel "or itsjequivalent upon the Hloweriportions of theyfront `rib or `bow of the top,`thefseveral parts being` arranged` and used as and for thepurpose"specifiedt.l` i i GANO: 1v1 

